From the endless red dunes of the south to the teeming game reserves of Damaraland, Namibia is home to some of the world’s most important eco-systems. Ruth Styles went to find out how local people are helping to preserve them
… The Really Wild Show: Namibia's pioneering conservancies Ruth Styles | 12th May 2011 Ethical Living Namibia Travel Conservation Conservancies … to the teeming game reserves of Damaraland, Namibia is home to some of the world’s most …
Ecologist Film Unit journalist Jim Wickens has been attacked and later convicted of trespass as he filmed the slaughter of seals on the Namibian coast
… | 20th July 2009 News Seal Hunt Ecostorm Namibia Natural World Society sealhuntnamibia.jpg Ecologist Film Unit journalist Jim … as he filmed the slaughter of seals on the Namibian coast An Ecologist Film Unit …
Government claims the cull is to protect fish stocks, but campaigners say seals are clubbed to death for their fat and fur. John Vidal reports.......
… Seal Clubbing in Namibia: Shocking footage just released John … conservation group called on the Namibian government to stop the cull, saying … this happens in a designated seal reserve." Namibia is the only country in the Cape fur …
Campaigners and MEPs say legal challenges by hunters and seal traders will not succeed to overturning the new EU wide ban on the trade in seal products
… Trade Fur Natural World Animal Rights sealhuntnamibia.jpg The clubbing of seals is taking place in countries like Namibia as well as Canada and Norway … seal hunts, including those in Canada, Namibia and Norway, but does not affect …
From the tiger to the bumblebee, the list of endangered birds, animals and insects is a growing one. Now a new book based on the IUCN Red List is providing an insight into the species under threat
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The trade ban on rhino horn is not working, writes Keith Somerville. But non-lethally and sustainably harvested rhino horn can earn income to encourage breeders, pay rangers and anti-poaching teams, provide surveillance and supply wider benefits that will gain the support of people around parks, reserves and ranches.
… of white rhino about 99% are found in Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and South … . Both species are also found in Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. Small black … by government and the rest by private owners. Namibia and Zimbabwe also have large stocks …
Across Africa, the traditional idea of safari parks is getting an overhaul - and where once locals were excluded, models with community involvement are finding long-term success
… Wilderness Kruger Kwandwe South Africa Namibia Zimbabwe dsc_0135_800x600.jpg Across … community is your landlord? Uniquely, in Namibia, that’s exactly what has happened. … are either government or privately owned, in Namibia, land is community owned, which gives …
Conservation isn’t just for NGOs and governments says IUCN Deputy Director of Global Species, Jean-Christophe Vié: it’s something we all need to work on. Henry Gass met him to find out more
… own future GREEN LIVING The Really Wild Show: Namibia's pioneering conservancies From the … to the teeming game reserves of Damaraland, Namibia is home to some of the world’s most … Launched in 2009 to raise funds to protect Namibia’s endangered black rhino population, …
The African Wildlife Foundation has uncovered the figures behind the shocking numbers of 'trophy hunters' and the sanctioned trade in exporting dead and living animals out of the continent, reports LAURA BRIGGS
… South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Cameroon and Gabon all … Macaques, Fennec Fox, and Olive Baboon. Namibia, Thailand and China all come high in …
In the first of an exclusive series, former island caretaker and ambassador for Tourism Queensland Ben Southall explains why the Great Barrier Reef needs protection and how the ‘Best Expedition in the World’ will help
… might work GREEN LIVING The Really Wild Show: Namibia's pioneering conservancies From the … to the teeming game reserves of Damaraland, Namibia is home to some of the world’s most …
Despite increased poaching threats, a difficult political situation, drought and climate change, Goldman Prize Winner Raoul du Toit has pioneered a new approach in community stakeholding to save the black rhino
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Cattle crammed into trucks, calves hurled on their backs and other serious animal welfare abuses happen daily in India. Despite ambitious legislation, animal welfare is a concept the leather industry are yet to embrace. Peter Bengtsen reports
… stand up to scrutiny? NEWS ANALYSIS Namibia's 'cruel' seal hunt sparks calls for … have expressed dismay over the failure of Namibia to halt its annual slaughter of 91,000 …
Russia's decision to ban the import and exports of harp seal skins is a big step forward for the campaign against the Canadian seal hunt, says Robbie Marsland, Director of IFAW-UK
… Seal hunting continues in Canada and Namibia despite widespread public outrage … as he filmed the slaughter of seals on the Namibian coast INVESTIGATION The conservation …
Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting reveals that Britain is one of a ‘Deadly Dozen’ top nations killing the most lions on South Africa’s ‘canned hunting’ estates.
… Farming Hunting Change Makers lion_waiting_in_namibia.jpg Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting …
In Zambia’s newest national park live more than 200 sable antelope. Coralled in conditions that are far from ideal, the animals have languished there for almost three years; the victims of bureaucracy, unscrupulous operators and a disregard for conservation. Ian Michler reports
… decline GREEN LIVING The Really Wild Show: Namibia's pioneering conservancies From the … to the teeming game reserves of Damaraland, Namibia is home to some of the world’s most …
Kara Moses reports on a group of 10-year-olds from Holly Trees Primary School who - by fundraising for Kew's Millennium Seed Bank Partnership - have helped secure the future of a rare Namibian plant that was virtually extinct in the wild
… Species Adopt A Seed Save A Species 5namibia-2.jpg Local names and plant uses can … - have helped secure the future of a rare Namibian plant that was virtually extinct in … a rare but rather unremarkable-looking Namibian plant. Thanks to Pringle and the …
Campaigners warn legislation to protect seals is ‘no where near tight enough’ as industry initiative attempts to find alternatives to shooting
… seal pups are slaughtered every year and in Namibia 90,000 are killed for skin, fur and … as he filmed the slaughter of seals on the Namibian coast INVESTIGATION UK-registered …
Giraffe numbers have fallen from 140,000 in 16 years to just 80,000, writes Matt Hayward, and sub-species in East and West Africa are close to extinction. However trophy hunting has led to big population increases in private game reserves in southern Africa. To secure the giraffes' future, beware of simplistic narratives.
… that 23,000 giraffes occupy such lands in Namibia . Ironically, many of those ranches …
In an exclusive interview, founder of Sea Shepherd, Captain Paul Watson, talks to Deborah Bassett about the end of Japanese whaling, seal hunting, the politics of extinction, and the 11th hour crisis facing the world's oceans
… on that horror show of a seal hunt in Namibia. DB: Last summer you tackled the …
From the creation of the very first national parks and game reserves, 'conservation' has always been about repressing and expropriating indigenous tribes, Survival International director Stephen Corry told Alice Bayer. And despite all the evidence that indigenous peoples are the best wildlife managers, old attitudes die hard ...
… "trophy hunting is a fundamental pillar of Namibia's conservation approach and …
Media furore over the shooting down of a helicopter in Tanzania masks a bigger picture of commercial hunting and evictions of indigenous tribes in the name of wildlife, writes Navaya ole Ndaskoi. It's time to rethink 'white saviour' mythology and develop new models of conservation that respect and engage with African communities, recognise their achievements, and inspire a new generation of conservation heroes.
… dominated by white people? In South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya conservation was …